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Director : A Novel by Daniel Kehlmann (2025, Hardcover)

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Director, Hardcover by Kehlmann, Daniel; Benjamin, Ross (TRN), ISBN 1668087790, ISBN-13 9781668087794, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A tale inspired by the life of film director . Pabst, who fled to Hollywood to resist the Nazis only to be forced to return to his homeland and create propaganda films for the German Reich.

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PublisherSimon & Schuster, Incorporated

ISBN-101668087790

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Book TitleDirector : a Novel

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLiterary

Publication Year2025

GenreFiction

AuthorDaniel Kehlmann

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight17.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

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Reviews" The Director is engrossing and luminous, an epic act of historical imagination and an intimate parable about moral compromise and the seductions of art. After Tyll , I wasn't sure how Kehlmann could possibly top himself. He has. This book is a marvel." --Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies, "An incomparably accomplished and inventive piece of fiction by one of the most intelligent novelists at work today." --Jeffrey Eugenides, author of Middlesex, " The Director , Kehlmann''s stunning tale of what failure looks like, is a call to strengthen our spines." --Susan Neiman , New York Review of Books "A tasty subject for historical fiction...joins the pleasures of ''commercial'' fiction with the moral weight of a novel of ideas." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR''s Fresh Air "Powerful and timely." --Jonathan Lemire, MSNBC''S Morning Joe "Enthralling...thoroughly satisfying...both a vivid depiction of those circumstances and a captivating portrait of the artist navigating them." --Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post "Smartly entertaining...a marvelous performance -- not only supple, horrifying and mordantly droll, but fluidly translated and absolutely convincing." --J. Hoberman, The New York Times "Engrossing...lands in the United States at a good time....With a page-turning narrative that is both technically sophisticated and intellectually engaging, The Director sits at the charmed intersection of commercial and literary fiction." --Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times "With The Directo r, the author pushes his affinity for reimagining dark historical moments into yet more provocative territory...nothing short of brilliant." --Donna Rifkind, Wall Street Journal "Taut, unflinching...sharply observed...incisive, sweeping...arresting." --Lauren LeBlanc, Boston Globe "[Daniel Kehlmann] is a surpassingly gifted storyteller. Among his big influences are the filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen. Like them, he is a master at depicting decent people making terrible choices, with results that are both droll and catastrophic. An atmosphere of moral queasiness permeates The Director, and the author is in perfect control of the barometric pressure." --David Segal, The New York Times "A freely imagined conjuring of the life and career of celebrated German-language film director G.W. Pabst by one of Germany''s boldest contemporary novelists....The sheer wizardry and audacity of the storytelling...masterfully dances along the cusp of realism and surrealism, comedy and tragedy....An amazing performance by Kehlmann, who as a bonus immerses us in the filmmaking process. A wickedly entertaining, eye-opening book." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "[Kehlmann] constructs a dark account of one man''s descent into fascist complicity, a path strewn with surrealistic scenarios and chilling self-justifications in favor of art...Kehlmann''s novel is purposefully unnerving and timely." --Sarah Johnson, Booklist (starred review) "Clear-eyed and propulsive...a searing look at the mechanics of complicity." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An incomparably accomplished and inventive piece of fiction by one of the most intelligent novelists at work today." --Jeffrey Eugenides, author of Middlesex "Daniel Kehlmann, the finest German writer of his generation, takes on the life of the eminent film director G.W. Pabst to weave a tragicomic historical fantasia that stretches from Hollywood to Nazi Germany, from Garbo to Goebbels, to show how even a great artist can make, and be unmade by, moral compromises with evil. A dazzling performance and a real page turner." --Salman Rushdie, author of Knife " The Director is engrossing and luminous, an epic act of historical imagination and an intimate parable about moral compromise and the seductions of art. After Tyll , I wasn''t sure how Kehlmann could possibly top himself. He has. This book is a marvel." --Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland Elegies "A wonderful book about complicity and the complicity of art. It''s also funny, and brilliant." --Zadie Smith, author of The Fraud , via the Ezra Klein Show "Daniel Kehlmann is shockingly brilliant, a writer of extraordinary range and grace. At times absurdist, at times horrifyingly realist, The Director asks where the moral duty of the artist resides, and how the narcissism of the artistic project can bleed into complicity." --Lauren Groff, author of The Vaster Wilds, "A freely imagined conjuring of the life and career of celebrated German-language film director G.W. Pabst by one of Germany's boldest contemporary novelists....The sheer wizardry and audacity of the storytelling...masterfully dances along the cusp of realism and surrealism, comedy and tragedy....An amazing performance by Kehlmann, who as a bonus immerses us in the filmmaking process. A wickedly entertaining, eye-opening book." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review, "A wonderful book about complicity and the complicity of art. It's also funny, and brilliant." --Zadie Smith, author of The Fraud , via the Ezra Klein Show, "Daniel Kehlmann is shockingly brilliant, a writer of extraordinary range and grace. At times absurdist, at times horrifyingly realist, The Director asks where the moral duty of the artist resides, and how the narcissism of the artistic project can bleed into complicity." --Lauren Groff, author of The Vaster Wilds, [Kehlmann] constructs a dark account of one man's descent into fascist complicity, a path strewn with surrealistic scenarios and chilling self-justifications in favor of art...Kehlmann's novel is purposefully unnerving and timely., An incomparably accomplished and inventive piece of fiction by one of the most intelligent novelists at work today., "[Kehlmann] constructs a dark account of one man's descent into fascist complicity, a path strewn with surrealistic scenarios and chilling self-justifications in favor of art...Kehlmann's novel is purposefully unnerving and timely." --Sarah Johnson, Booklist (starred review), The Director is engrossing and luminous, an epic act of historical imagination and an intimate parable about moral compromise and the seductions of art. After Tyll , I wasn't sure how Kehlmann could possibly top himself. He has. This book is a marvel., "Daniel Kehlmann, the finest German writer of his generation, takes on the life of the eminent film director G.W. Pabst to weave a tragicomic historical fantasia that stretches from Hollywood to Nazi Germany, from Garbo to Goebbels, to show how even a great artist can make, and be unmade by, moral compromises with evil. A dazzling performance and a real page turner." --Salman Rushdie, author of Knife, Daniel Kehlmann, the finest German writer of his generation, takes on the life of the eminent film director G.W. Pabst to weave a tragicomic historical fantasia that stretches from Hollywood to Nazi Germany, from Garbo to Goebbels, to show how even a great artist can make, and be unmade by, moral compromises with evil. A dazzling performance and a real page turner., "Clear-eyed and propulsive...a searing look at the mechanics of complicity." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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SynopsisFrom "one of the brightest, most pleasure-giving writers at work today" (Jeffrey Eugenides, Pulitzer Prize-winning author), a visionary tale inspired by the life of film director G.W. Pabst, who fled to Hollywood to resist the Nazis only to be forced to return to his homeland and create propaganda films for the German Reich. An artist's life, a pact with the devil, and the dangerous illusions of the silver screen. G.W. Pabst, one of cinema's greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in France when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and unrecognizable Germany, he fled to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding California sun, the world-famous director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo, the Hollywood actress whom he made famous, can help him. When he receives word that his elderly mother is ill, he finds himself back in his homeland of Austria, which is now called Ostmark. Pabst, his wife, and his young son are suddenly confronted with the barbaric nature of the regime. So, when Joseph Goebbels--the minister of propaganda in Berlin--sees the potential for using the European film icon for his directorial genius and makes big promises to Pabst and his family, Pabst must consider Goebbels's thinly veiled order. While Pabst still believes that he will be able to resist these advances, that he will not submit to any dictatorship other than art, he has already taken the first steps into a hopeless entanglement. Kehlmann's latest oeuvre explores the complicated relationships and distinctions between art and power, beauty and barbarism, cog and conspirator., "A call to strengthen our spines." -- The New York Review of Books "Nothing short of brilliant." -- The Wall Street Journal "A surpassingly gifted storyteller." -- The New York Times From "one of the brightest, most pleasure-giving writers at work today" (Jeffrey Eugenides, Pulitzer Prize-winning author), a visionary tale inspired by the life of film director G.W. Pabst, who fled to Hollywood to resist the Nazis only to be forced to return to his homeland and create propaganda films for the German Reich. An artist's life, a pact with the devil, and the dangerous illusions of the silver screen. G.W. Pabst, one of cinema's greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in France when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and unrecognizable Germany, he fled to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding California sun, the world-famous director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo, the Hollywood actress whom he made famous, can help him. When he receives word that his elderly mother is ill, he finds himself back in his homeland of Austria, which is now called Ostmark. Pabst, his wife, and his young son are suddenly confronted with the barbaric nature of the regime. So, when Joseph Goebbels--the minister of propaganda in Berlin--sees the potential for using the European film icon for his directorial genius and makes big promises to Pabst and his family, Pabst must consider Goebbels's thinly veiled order. While Pabst still believes that he will be able to resist these advances, that he will not submit to any dictatorship other than art, he has already taken the first steps into a hopeless entanglement. Kehlmann's latest oeuvre explores the complicated relationships and distinctions between art and power, beauty and barbarism, cog and conspirator.